2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: Relating to authorizing the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emergency temporary permits to practice during States of Emergency or States of Preparedness.
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DOCX: HB4306 INTR.docx
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4306
By Delegate D. Smith
[Introduced January 14, 2026; referred to the Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emergency temporary permits to practice during States of Emergency or States of Preparedness.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.
§64-9-1. Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on March 27, 2025, authorized under the authority of §30-14-14 of this code, relating to the Board of Osteopathic Medicine (emergency temporary permits to practice during States of Emergency or States of Preparedness, 24 CSR 09), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to emergency temporary permits to practice during States of Emergency or States of Preparedness.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.